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United States Patent | 5,009,053 |
Langenbeck ,   et al. | April 23, 1991 |
Individual beverage containers 16 are transported by conveyor track 14A to conveyor track 14B, along which they are advanced by parallel chains 34 and 36 carrying flight bars 44. Trays 26 to receive containers 16 are advanced by an inclined conveyor track 24B having projections 30 to engage the trays. A plurality of support members 130 are disposed at the downstream end of track 14B to introduce the containers into the trays. Special trays are used having a plurality of structural members on their inner wall surfaces to define recessed regions between the structural members into which the curved surfaces of the containers fit so that they are held upright.
Inventors: | Langenbeck; Keith A. (4005 University Blvd., Dallas, TX 75205); Kensinger; Jesse P. (Richardson, TX) |
Assignee: | Langenbeck; Keith A. (Dallas, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 435540 |
Filed: | September 26, 1989 |
PCT Filed: | January 29, 1988 |
PCT NO: | PCT/US88/00290 |
371 Date: | September 26, 1989 |
102(e) Date: | September 26, 1989 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO88/07478 |
PCT PUB. Date: | October 6, 1988 |
Current U.S. Class: | 53/58; 53/251; 53/260; 53/534; 206/203; 206/427; 206/509; 206/557; 220/512; 220/608; 220/671; 220/DIG.15 |
Intern'l Class: | B65D 006/34; B65D 008/06; B65B 005/10; B65B 039/00 |
Field of Search: | 206/139,203,427,557,566 220/21,74,72,DIG. 14,DIG. 15 53/534,251,250,58,448,260 |
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